Improvement in tag-fasteners



w. B. MILLS.

TAG-FASTEN-ER.

Patented June 27,1876.

[lat 9212 013 N.PE[ERS, PNOTO-UTIIOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

WILLIAM B. MILLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPRQVEMENT IN TAG-FASTENERS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 179,331, dated J une 27,1876; application filed April 4, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. MILLS, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRemovable Tabs or Clothing: Tickets, which is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 represents the ticket attached to a garment.Figs. '2 and 3 are different perspective views of the tab. Fig. 4represents the metallic blank in which the ticket is held; Fig. 5, aview of the same after it has been folded over upon the edge of theticket Fig. 6, a sectional view taken on the line m as, Fig. 2; and Fig.7, a front edge view of the tab, the ticket portion being in section onthe line 3 3 Fig. 2.

My invention relates 'to tabs or clothingtickets which the dealerattaches to garments for the purpose of showing the size, quality, orprice of the article, or all of these particulars together, and which isusually removed from the garment when it is sold.

Heretofore it has been customary to sew this tab to the garment. Thisrequires time and expense, and makes it inconvenient to remove theticket.

My invention consists in stamping out thin strips of any suitable sheetmetal, and folding them in such way as to clasp the edges of the ticket,and then slip upon the'edge of the garment, and clasp it so as to holdthe tab attached thereto, but in such a manner as to be easily removed,as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the sheetmetal blank, two of which areused to hold the ticket. For about one-half its length this blank is cutwider than the remaining porf tion, so as to form a wing or projection,a. This portion a of the strip is folded up, so as to clasp one end of aticket, B, and the other end of this ticket being secured in like mannerit is firmly held within the two metallic strips, and may be fastened bythem to the garment. For greater security, a portion of the strip may beforced down slightly upon the ticket, in the ordinary manner, by meansof a punch, as shown in Figs.5 and 6 of the drawings. The ends of theblank A are pointed, and are turned over so as to form small hooks orcatches b, as clearly shown in the shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawings, and

the article is ready for use.

In using this device, the free arms 0 are slipped on the under side ofthe garment O, and the other arms pass over the other side of the same,so as to expose the ticket upon the outer side of the garment. The hooksor catches Z) engage with the cloth, and prevent the tab from fallin goff when the garment is handled. If necessary, the hooks may be pressedinto the cloth, so that the ticket may be held securely. The ticketscontain the. usual information as to size, cost, 850., or anythingdesired may be written upon them.

For greater security, it may be found desirable, in some instances, toform additional points in the metallic pieces by striking them up, asshown at d d in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Ordinarily, however, the pointsupon the ends will be found sufficient for all practical purposes.

The tabs can be attached to garments very rapidly, and can be readilyremoved therefrom by disengaging the hooks b from the cloth, andslightly bending back the arms a, so as to allow the edge of the garmentto slip out between them and the ticket.

Considerable labor and expense are thus saved in attaching the ticketsto garments. Moreover, these tabs can be used more than once, and whenthe paperticket becomes soiled it can be easily removed from themetallic holders and replaced by a new one.

I also contemplate using erasive tablets for the tickets, so thatthe-letters and figures written thereon can be removed and otherssubstituted therefor. Tabs of this description can be used over and overagain, and for different purposes.

I have described and shown my invention as applied to the ordinaryclothing-ticket of a sales-room. It is evident, however, that it iscapable of a great variety of applications, and may be utilized whereverit is desired to attach a ticket of any kind to any soft material withWhich the hooks will engage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Let-- ticket B, fastened to the strips by folding over tersPatent, is the edge a, to form a clamp, substantially as 1. A detachabletab, consisting of a ticket, set forth. B and metallic holders Aprovided With suit- 'alile griping-hooks b, substantially as and forYWILLIAM MILLS Witnesses L. A. BUNTING, J. L. OoBURN.

the'purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the metallic strips A, pointed and bent, asdescribed, and the

